2009 December 17 « Development news of orissa and India

Orissa combing team raids Maoists hideout, five held

December 17, 2009 — IMC

Rourkela (Orissa): Security forces manning the western police range of Orissa, on Thursday arrested five armed militants of the outlawed CPI (Maoists) in Sundargarh district.

The leftwing ultras were arrested during a combing operation jointly carried out by the Special Operation Group Jawans of the State Police and Central Para-Military Forces.

Police sources said that basing on intelligence inputs; a special team raided their hideouts and arrested five while few others managed to escape.

“Two of them were village quacks. They used to frequent Maoist camps and help them. They had a hand in several disruptive activities in the area,” sources added.

The police are now interrogating those arrested about their activities.

Meanwhile, police tribals in Sundargarh are in a mood to confront Maoists. The police have taken benefit of this sentiment and have started running a combing operation against the Maoists for the past one week.

Around 1000 villagers, with their bows, arrows, axes and shovels, are keeping them company.

“People have realised they need development and it is the administration, not the Maoists who can help them,” said Rourkela SP Diptesh Pattanaik.

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India lift Bangabandhu SAAF Cup beating Maldives

December 17, 2009 — IMC

India have lifted the Bangabandhu South Asian Football Federation Cup beating Maldives 3-1 in a tie-breaker. The final match played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday evening turned out to be a game between equals. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presented the Trophy to the Indian Team. Goalkeeper Arindam Bhattacharya who played a crucial role in the tournament was named most valuable player of the tournament. This is the fifth time that India won the Cup.

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Hostage journalists released in Afghanistan

December 17, 2009 — IMC

In Afghanistan, a foreign correspondent writing for the UK’s Guardian newspaper and two Afghan journalists held hostage for six days have been released. These journalists were captured last week by an armed gang in Kunar province, a mountainous region bordering Pakistan. The Guardian website said all three were exhausted but in good spirits. The journalists had been planning to interview militia in what is one of the country’s most dangerous regions.

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Nepal: Maoists declare two more states autonomous

December 17, 2009 — IMC

In Nepal, the opposition Unified CPN (Maoist) declared two more states – Magarat and Tamuwan autonomous states today as a part of their on going third phased of anti-government agitation. With this, the number of Maoist-declared autonomous states has reached twelve.

Maoist general secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa declared the Magarat autonomous state at Tansen in Palpa district this afternoon, while Maoist central committee member Dev Gurung declared the Tamuwan autonomous state at Pokhara on Kaski district. Defying calls from several quarters to withdraw the autonomous state declaration programme, the Maoists went ahead with its plan to declare 13 autonomous states based on ethnicity and region from the 11thof this month.

Three major Terai based political parties – Madhesi Janadhikar Forum(Loktantrik ), Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP) and Sadbhawana Party) have criticized the declaration of autonomous federal states saying such act would undermine the role of Constituent Assembly. A meeting of top leaders of the three Madhesh-based parties has demanded the opposition Maoists to immediately withdraw the unilateral declaration of states.

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Hindu spiritual leader gets no relief from Indian apex court

December 17, 2009 — IMC

The Supreme Court today declined to grant any relief to Gujarat’s spiritual leader Asaram Bapu who sought a restraint on the state police from arresting him in an attempt to murder case.

A bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Deepak Verma rejected the plea of senior counsel Sushil Kumar who pleaded that the Apex Court pass an order that no coercive step should be taken by police against Asaram until the Special Leave Petition filed by him was taken up for hearing.

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